Example sentences of "he stand [conj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett grasped the unfortunate messenger by the jerkin , forcing him to stand and look at him . |
| 2 | ‘ He stands and looks at them for a long time . |
| 3 | It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames . |
| 4 | And then ( as he stood and stared through the window at the magazine ) Boy imagined sleeping with these men , actually sleeping , sharing a bed with them for the night . |
| 5 | He stood and took in his audience with one heavy-lidded stare . |
| 6 | He stood and came towards her . |
| 7 | He stood and went in his stockinged feet to the open stableyard door . |
| 8 | He stood and made for the other room . |
| 9 | He stood and looked at them sway , feeling a unity with them as his body swayed to the same light breeze . |
| 10 | He stood and looked at the piano . |
| 11 | He stood and looked at her for a moment longer , his eyes running over her scathingly , taking in the beautiful , angry face , the wide and annoyed grey eyes and the tall , slender figure concealed in such efficient garments . |
| 12 | He stood and looked at her for a moment , hands on hips , jaw set . |
| 13 | He stood and looked at her with an expression of total innocence . |
| 14 | Made irrational by shock he stood and looked at them and believed that something terrible had happened to her . |
| 15 | And he stood and listened to this for a while and then he thought he was delayed long enough so he set off home . |
| 16 | He stood and glared at me like a mad dog . |
| 17 | ‘ What — ’ He stood and blinked at her with his finger under his nose to stop the drips . |
| 18 | If this were ever done , then unless some other constituency took him on board in time for the general election , or perhaps unless he stood and won in his constituency as some kind of independent Labour candidate with at least PLP support , then , on the declaration of the result in his constituency , he would lose any right to remain Prime Minister . |
| 19 | He stood and watched for a while but everything connected with seamanship is so majestically slow that he began to feel guilty of time wasting while the little vessel was still being manoeuvred through the gap . |
| 20 | He stood and turned towards the front of the house . |
| 21 | He stood and moved to the door . |